Album for photos and their negatives and (or) for index cards and the like



' May 1. 1928.

i-. HOR ALBUM FOR PHOTOS AND 1,667,972 VATH, SR

THEIR NEGATIVES AND/OR/ FOR INDEX CARDS AND THE LIKE Filed Auz. 19. 1926 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented May 1, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND HOIRVATI-I, SIR-p01 BUDAIPEST, HUNGARY ALBUM FOR PHOTOS AND THEIR NEGATIVES AND (OR) FOR INDEXCARDS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed August 19, 1926, Serial n. 130,338, and in Hungary August 2,1928.

My. present invention relates to portfolios, ilbum units, albums, and the like for the iccumulation of photos and their films {negatives) in an easily surveyable arrange nent without the use of separate fastening neans. Such albums may be used also for visible indexing instead of card systems of isual forms. The photos and films or the .ndex cards placed into such album are easily removable and the arrangement may be easily altered therein.

Several exemplificative embodiments of my said invention are illustrated in the annexed drawing, in which Figure 1 represents a section of one embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 represents a plan view of another embodiment of my invention;

Figure 3 is a section of the latter;

Figure 4 is a plan view of a modified form of an album unit;

Figure 5 shows a section of a double cover into which (for instance) a film and an index card may be suitably disposed for putting into the album.

Referring now to the embodiment illus: trated in Figure 1, my invention consists of a sheet of paper, cloth, leather or the like folded in a manner to produce transversal pockets b.

Into such pockets, series of photos and their films or index cards may be disposed, as will be hereinafter shownv in connection with the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figures 2 and 3. The latter cmbodimcnt consists of a rectangular plate a with parallel pockets 1; made from suitably folded sheets which are fastened on the base plate a. The portfolio shown in Figures 2 and 3 has on each side two pairs of transversal pockets b, each pair being folded from a separate sheet.

Ifas shown in Figures 2 and 3the film plates d are placed in the upper pocket 6, and the corresponding photos a, in the pocket beneath, each film may be easily found, and easily removed for use.

, The pockets should be spaced from each other so that the several series of photos or cards will not completely cover each other.

Several album units a may be attached together at the latteralholes f, or they may be bound together. The place for each photo or card and the like may be numberedas shown in Figure 2 with the numerals 1 to 1 0and the usual index sheet or sheets may be provided.

Figure 4 illustrates another embodiment of my invention, herein the pockets b are arranged in an inclined direction.

Figure 5 illustrates the manner in which a film d and its index card g may be placed in a double cover It to be put together into the portfolio. Such covers may be numbered in accordance with the place numbers on the portfolio shown in Figure 2.

The form of the base plate a and the position of the pockets b may differ from those shown in the drawing. The base plate or the whole album may have for instance also a circular or elliptical form.

Various possible embodiments may be made of the invention and various changes in the embodiments rescribed may be made, all within the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim as my invention:

'1. An album leaf comprising a backing and a pocket-forming sheet secured thereto, the lower edge of the sheet being folded upwardly to present between the sheet and fold a pocket of determinate depth, then'folded downwardly for a distance corresponding to the length of the initial fold, and then folded upwardl for a distance materially less than the,heig it of the first fold to present a second pocket overlying, the first and of less depth than the latter with the bottom edges of the pockets in the same plane, the vertical side edges of the folds and sheet being secured together to close the pockets at the ends.

2. An album leaf comprising a backing and a pocket-forming sheet secured thereto, the lower edge of the sheet being folded upwardl to present between the sheet and fold a poo et of determinate depth, then folded downwardly for a distance corresponding to the len th of the initial fold, and then upwardly or a distance materially less than the height of the first fold to present a second pocket overlying the first and of less depth than the latter with the bottom edges of-the pockets in the same plane, the vertical side edges of the folds and sheet being secured together to close the pockets at the ends, in combination with a twopocket holder, the pockets of which open upwardly to receive and support related articles as a photograph and its film, the holder being adapted to be inserted in either of the pockcts formed on the sheet.

3. An album leaf or the like and a pocketforlning sheet secured thereto, said sheet at a point intermediate its upper and lower edges being folded upwardly to present a pocket of appropriate depth, then downwardly on a line parallel with the first fold, then upwardly to present a fold and pocket of less height than the first-mentioned fold, then downwardly to a point defining the lower edge of the completed sheet, then u} wardly to form a lower pocket of appn priate depth, then downwardly on a ll! parallel with the lower edge of the complete sheet, and then upwardly for a distanre lo: than the height of the contiguous fulr whereby the sheet presents an upper an lower pair of pockets, the innermost [)(Xfkt of each pair being of greater height thzurtl: outermost pocket of such pair.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatur FERDINAND HORVATi-I, SENIOR. 

